21.5% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bingara · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bingara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Bingara have fallen slightly since 2011, but they remain very high at 21.5%. This means the town is far more active in community work than most of Australia, with a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, those providing general unpaid care and housework are much more common here than in most other areas.
15.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A total of 4.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bingara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115018/bingara/topic/community